DAR AL HARB - U.K.: LIVING APART TOGETHER: BRITISH MOSLEMS & THE PARADOX OF MULTICULTURALISM REPORT A "SHAM"

Muslim Youth report [Living apart together: British Muslims and the paradox of multiculturalism, ed. A.I.] “a sham”

AN OPINION poll claiming to show that multiculturalism has driven Muslim youth to extremism dominated yesterday’s news headlines.

But further investigation has shown the Policy Exchange report to be little more than a sham.
The first warning signs were the refusal of the think tank to reveal their methodology and the questions they asked.

Closer analysis of the “Living Apart Together” report indicates a high level of spin in the conclusions.

Experts say that far from being an “independent” think tank, Policy Exchange is actually a right-wing neo-Con leaning outfit, a reality that journalists failed to spot amid a blitz of media coverage yesterday (29th January 2007).

Research director Dean Godson was formerly the chief writer on the Daily Telegraph, while lead author Munira Mirza was a prominent supporter of Denmark’s right to publish offensive cartoons depicting the Muslim profit Mohammad with a bomb on his head.

Campaigners say Mirza is entitled to her views, but it would be misleading for media to create the impression that the atheist was a Muslim herself or was in any way representative of the Muslim community.

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Pertinent Links:

1) Muslim Youth report “a sham”


The full report can be found here:

Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the Paradox of Multiculturalism